A shooting in suburban Cook County on Tuesday resulted in a three-car crash and two people being hospitalized.
According to local police, the incident occurred at the intersection of 175th Street and Dixie Highway in south suburban Homewood.
Homewood police responded to the scene shortly after 6 p.m. following reports of gunfire and an accident at the intersection.
According to police, someone in a suspect vehicle heading northbound on Dixie onto westbound 175th Street shot at an occupied car that was stopped at a traffic light.
When they were fired at, the victim’s car attempted to flee and collided with another car driving southbound on Dixie, causing it to collide with a third vehicle.
The suspect’s car fled westbound on 175th Street from Dixie, police added.
Paramedics treated two occupants in one of the cars hit by the victim’s car and sent them to the hospital with minor injuries.
According to authorities, bullets struck three cars, including one that was unoccupied at the time.
Police did not provide a description of the gunman or suspect vehicle.
Anyone with information about the event is asked to call the Homewood Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Unit at 708-206-3420.
